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The Yellow Wallpaper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Narrated by: Cynthia Erivo
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A woman and her husband rent a summer house, but what should be a restful getaway turns into a suffocating psychological battle. This chilling account of postpartum depression and a husband's controlling behaviour in the guise of treatment will leave you breathless.

Public Domain (P)2022 Audible, Ltd Classics Genre Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Psychological Women's Fiction Fiction Scary Marriage American Literature

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Possibly not one to go to sleep with! An amazingly subtle yet convincing description of madness, expressed in a completely unexpected way.

Fantastically wierd

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Well narrated. A very unsettling tale. I’m going to listen to it again now to sort my thoughts out about what happened..

A Classic Tale

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Had to listen to this twice before deciding on a review.
Husbands dismissive of wife’s symptoms and condition creating an unsafe mental space for her to focus on her wellbeing, seek appropriate support and improve.
This is my understanding of the plot.

Women’s health

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Beautifully written and read by an excellent narrator. I felt very drawn in and it was an intriguing and memorable short read.

Loved it

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Only 45 minutes long but I couldn’t get through it. The story and narrative is captivating but I cannot stand the reading, articulation is overdone and grating.

Couldn’t make it through

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Haunting and beautiful, narrated beautifully and authentically. Wish it were a novel. Will speak to anyone who has ever experienced mental health distress.

Haunting

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Hadn’t heard of this story before I what a discovery. Wonderfully written and creepy short story

Those creeping women, and they creep so fast

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Really good reading by Stephen Fry. Reads it like a master story teller. Enjoyed the different voices he can do and his pronunciation is spot on. Fantastic

good

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Not knowing what to expect, I found myself drawn into this story of a woman’s spiral downwards and deeper into depression. Her obsession with trying to make sense of the wallpaper and her surroundings and her relationship with her husband was so sad, and it completely shut out her ability to see what was really going on around her. The clues inserted by the author into the woman’s narrative are intended for the reader but all too sadly their significance was missed by the woman. A scary yet fascinating story that needs to be read/heard a couple of times in order to fully understand. Great performance too.

Fascinating and clever

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This is one of those stories that you know immediately when it's mentioned. Such good writing, such intriguing topic, such an open ending. Makes you think about it all for so long, I wish I could discuss this with a book club.

So good

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